Bar Codes Country of Origin
The only way to be Healthy and stay Healthy is to eat Organic food. (Food grown or reared without the use of synthetic chemicals.)
When buying produce the Bar codes are something most of us never think about. But to many, it’s the first thing the purchaser will look at before they buy the product. Produce is shipped to the United States from all over the world.
Below is a guide that lists which Country your next purchase came from.
Unfortunately, it does not tell you, however, what country the product was produced in.
The first 2 (sometimes 3) digits, which are called the “flag”, indicate in what country the bar code was issued.
00-13 | USA & Canada |
20-29 | reserved for local use (shops/supermarkets) |
30-37 | France |
380 | Bulgaria |
383 | Slovenia |
385 | Croatia |
387 | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
400-440 | Germany |
45 | Japan |
46 | Russian Federation |
471 | Taiwan |
474 | Estonia |
475 | Latvia |
476 | Azerbaijan |
477 | Lithuania |
478 | Uzbekistan |
479 | Sri Lanka |
480 | Philippines |
481 | Belarus |
482 | Ukraine |
484 | Moldova |
485 | Armenia |
486 | Georgia |
487 | Kazakhstan |
489 | Hong Kong |
49 | Japan |
50 | UK |
520 | Greece |
528 | Lebanon |
529 | Cyprus |
531 | Macedonia |
535 | Malta |
539 | Ireland |
54 | Belgium & Luxembourg |
560 | Portugal |
569 | Iceland |
57 | Denmark |
590 | Poland |
594 | Romania |
599 | Hungary |
600-601 | South Africa |
609 | Mauritius |
611 | Morocco |
613 | Algeria |
619 | Tunisia |
621 | Syria |
622 | Egypt |
624 | Libya |
625 | Jordan |
626 | Iran |
627 | Kuwait |
628 | Saudi Arabia |
629 | United Arab Emirates |
64 | Finland |
690-692 | China |
70 | Norway |
729 | Israel |
73 | Sweden |
740 | Guatemala |
741 | El Salvador |
742 | Honduras |
743 | Nicaragua |
744 | Costa Rica |
745 | Panama |
746 | Dominican Republic |
750 | Mexico |
759 | Venezuela |
76 | Switzerland |
770 | Colombia |
773 | Uruguay |
775 | Peru |
777 | Bolivia |
779 | Argentina |
780 | Chile |
784 | Paraguay |
785 | Peru |
786 | Ecuador |
789 | Brazil |
80-83 | Italy |
84 | Spain |
850 | Cuba |
858 | Slovakia |
859 | Czech Republic |
860 | Serbia & Montenegro |
869 | Turkey |
87 | Netherlands |
880 | South Korea |
885 | Thailand |
888 | Singapore |
890 | India |
893 | Vietnam |
899 | Indonesia |
90 -91 | Austria |
93 | Australia |
94 | New Zealand |
955 | Malaysia |
958 | Macau |
977 | ISSN (International Standard Serial Number for periodicals) |
978 | ISBN (International Standard Book Number) |
979 | ISMN (International Standard Music Number) |
Information provided by: http://www.food-info.net/uk/index.htm
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